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TIL Lark Voorhies (Lisa Turtle from Saved By The Bell) has written an e-book on the creation of life where nearly every word is separated by a comma, and which appears to be the unreadable ramblings of someone who’s clearly mentally ill.

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R5K56 TIL: Medieval feasts generally had no forks and guests uses their hands a knife to eat. Retainers would bring fresh bowls of water and towels. Dishes were made for pairs and the lesser of the two did cutting. Children also drank beer weak in alcohol content as water was less clean than beer.
nWEb9 TIL about Autobesity, the trend of car models increasing in average size and weight (to the detriment of the environment, public health and road safety). Over the last two decades the average weight of cars sold in Europe increased by 21%.
7AZO TIL some orthodox Jews in the New York area use caffeine suppositories for fasting, because it’s not “eating”
ObDg TIL that one of the reasons the Roman Empire fell was that they spent to much on the military and built a giant wall
grWb7 TIL about Gardiners Island. 2nd largest private island in the US and owned by the same family since 1639. Located at the east end of Long Island, it's over 5 sq miles with 1,000 acres each of old growth forest and meadows. Captain Kidd buried treasure there, first lady Julia Tyler was born there.